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Matthew 8:23-27, CEB – When Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him.  A huge storm arose on the lake so that waves were sloshing over the boat. But Jesus was asleep.  They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, rescue us! We’re going to drown!”  He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you…

Matthew 8:18-22, NIV – When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of…

Matthew 8:14-17, CEB – Jesus went home with Peter and saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.  He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and served them.  That evening people brought to Jesus many who were demon-possessed. He threw the spirits out with just a word. He…

Matthew 8:5-13, The Message – As Jesus entered the village of Capernaum, a Roman captain came up in a panic and said, “Master, my servant is sick. He can’t walk. He’s in terrible pain.” Jesus said, “I’ll come and heal him.” “Oh, no,” said the captain. “I don’t want to put you to all that…

Matthew 8:1-4, NIV – When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him.  A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was…

Matthew 7:13-28 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in…

Matthew 7:12, The Message “Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them. Add up God’s Law and Prophets and this is what you get. This is the message version of the Golden Rule.  Every religious and…

Matthew 7:7-11, NLT – “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.  “You parents—if your…

Matthew 7:6 – “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces”               The “pigs” half of this saying of Jesus is what gets the most press.  In our culture, it has become a…

Matthew 7:3-5  “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?  How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?  You…